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Local Market Explorer is Back, What the Locals Think Added (Powered by StreetAdvisor)

Local Market Explorer is Back, What the Locals Think Added (Powered by StreetAdvisor)

Those of you who have had self hosted WordPress real estate websites for a number of years may remember the local market explorer WordPress plugin (released back in 2009, see launch post here & here). The plugin makes it simple to create city, neighborhood, and zip code pages filled…

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The Story of A Horizon Stay Among the Geek Estate Community: Melissa Kwan & Bryan Copley

The Story of A Horizon Stay Among the Geek Estate Community: Melissa Kwan & Bryan Copley

Some of you know community, travel, and giving back are what makes me tick. My startup, Horizon, is a blend of all three. Some of you also know there is a Geek Estate community on Horizon (the unlock code is “geekestate2015”) to help members of this community find…

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An Open Letter to Real Estate Tech Founders

An Open Letter to Real Estate Tech Founders

Anything is possible. I believe that. In fact, I know that. Starting my start-up career at Zillow (see this for some perspective) was a very good and very bad pre-cursor for my entrepreneurial journey over the past few years. It was great in the fact that I now…

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Social Responsibility Program for Real Estate Brokerages, by Giveback Homes

Social Responsibility Program for Real Estate Brokerages, by Giveback Homes

Giveback Homes launched their Social Responsibility Program for Brokerages today. (see here for press release). The new membership package offers brokerages interested in giving back to their communities a chance to join as leaders in corporate social responsibility. The packages also give brokerages the opportunity to…

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The Opportunity to Showcase True Local Experts

The Opportunity to Showcase True Local Experts

I truly believe there is a very real opportunity for someone to showcase true local experts. Sure, there is a data aspect of local expertise – but there’s also a neighborhood/community knowledge aspect which has nothing to do with real estate market data. Buyers want to truly…

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Labor Thoughts on Labor Day

Labor Thoughts on Labor Day

Fred Wilson has a few thoughts on Labor (on Labor Day). Go read it, including the comments. I’m constantly blown away with the quality of the discussion on his blog, AVC. It’s my belief many of the smartest people online are there, day in, day…

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Re-Investigating the Lifestyle Search Opportunity

Re-Investigating the Lifestyle Search Opportunity

Onboard Informatics launched their lifestyle search API 7 years ago. SpatialMatch is the other one that comes to mind (purchased by HomeJunction I believe). I got to talking about lifestyle search with someone last night. It makes sense conceptually to search the type of lifestyle…

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Free Advertising on Geek Estate for a Limited Time. First Come, First Serve.

Free Advertising on Geek Estate for a Limited Time. First Come, First Serve.

You may have noticed some new ad modules on the site Sunday night. Why? We’re changing the way we charge for sponsorships. Instead of the larger one month sponsorships for one company we’ve done in the past, we will now provide 6 sponsors 100% share of voice across…

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Zillow, DotLoop, and Your Data: Does It Matter?

Zillow, DotLoop, and Your Data: Does It Matter?

Zillow is acquiring DotLoop. Fires are burning in real estate social media. Let’s get this out of the way. There are tons of brokers and agents who dislike Zillow. Call them what you want. They’re here. I’m a regular critic of the company when they (regularly) make…

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Motive RE Tech Accelerator App Deadline 8/2

Motive RE Tech Accelerator App Deadline 8/2

    John Backes and Sean Caho believe that Dallas should be the epicenter of real estate technology. Together they have founded an accelerator to help early stage real estate technology companies get access to funding and resources. Since announcing on 6/23, The Motive accelerator…

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